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“We believe this could be used as an invisible knife for noninvasive surgery,” Guo said. “Nothing pokes into your body, just the ultrasound beam.”

Imagine a future when you could predict whether or not you are at risk of becoming sick.

McCullagh is working to develop energy harvesting devices and circuits to power wireless sensor nodes which can monitor bridge health.

In the tradition of our best faculty at Michigan, Ted is a phenomenal teacher and mentor as well as researcher. Congratulations!

Lee believes that graphene will play a pivotal role in realizing high speed, mechanically compliant, and transparent electronic systems in the future.

The award will support Berry’s doctoral research in the area of plasmonic photoconductive antennas for high power terahertz generation.

David is interested in controlling the energy that flows through the nation’s grid system, particularly in optimizing the flow by minimizing distance and costs.

Roberts is helping to develop low-power sensor nodes that will be worn on the body to detect certain medical conditions.

The research addressed voltage scaling of processors at the point where, at very low voltages, voltage leakage begins to dominate the computational power consumption.

Researchers have found a way to improve a computer’s human-tracking accuracy by looking at where the targets are going, but also at what they’re doing.

The program aims to create wearable systems that monitor a person’s environment and health in search of connections between pollutants and chronic diseases.

Prof. Zhaohui Zhong and his team of graduate students have built the first flexible, transparent digital modulator for high speed communications.

The project involved designing new boards and writing test software, as well as writing software to control instruments and some integrated circuit design.

Whether it’s biking to the crest of Haleakala on Maui, or leading KLA-Tencor to the top of NASDAQ, Rick Wallace is familiar with making it to the summit.

With an origami-like approach, manufacturers could use existing machinery to make high-tech “paper” that can be folded into the desired device.

Prof. Rais-Zadeh intends to develop a chip-scale timing unit that offers an order of magnitude higher performance compared to existing solutions.

The MAAV team, which was founded in 2009, was one of only two to successfully maneuver and map the set course with their unmanned aerial vehicle.

The method can be useful in the design of low-profile antennas integrated into body panels of vehicles.

“We have pioneered an integrated scene understanding framework that enables the automatic tracking of structural changes, allowing data to be collected easily.”

The UVIG works with the U.S. Department of Energy to provide a forum for the critical analysis of wind and solar technology.

Though a number of research challenges remain to realize the potential of microdischarge-based devices, the authors’ work demonstrates their promise.

The interdisciplinary team went into the competition with a new electrical and vision system, and an advanced control system.

Yang’s research is focused on designing plasmonic nano-structures to enhance efficiency of conventional photoconductive terahertz emitters.

The students, lead by Prof. Michael Flynn, competed for cash prizes—the two winners were chosen by Analog Devices.

This award is bestowed on a young ECE faculty member on the basis of teaching, research, and service, as well as a record of innovation and leadership.

Hand likes the idea of being able to improve the efficiency of existing systems by implementing advanced or specialized control algorithms.

Congratulations to out outstanding students for their much-appreciated work!

The technical topics ranged from wireless and low power circuits, to MEMS, to microfabricated gas chromatographs.

“Chris has always been interested in helping others discover their passions and dreams.”

Signals and Systems is a core course for students studying electrical engineering and computer engineering.

The goal is to be able to monitor the soil moisture with as few measurements as possible and with a high degree of accuracy.

Dr. Brehob was chosen for the award because of his deep engagement with and commitment to his students and their success.

Birdsall was a pioneer in microwave tubes and plasma physics, an avid runner, and a beloved member of the EC Berkley community.

Computer Vision seeks to imitate humans’ ability to recognize objects, navigate scenes, reconstruct layouts, and understand the geometric space and semantic meaning.

Nick’s primary research involves creating algorithms that decipher what the cameras and lasers are detecting to generate a map.

The five year project includes multiple research institutions, partners in industry, and educational outreach to the next generation of computer scientists.

He is currently working on semiconductor lasers as part of the research group of Prof. Pallab Bhattacharya.

“Without McCorquodale’s vision, unwavering persistence, and leadership in the face of decades of thinking to the contrary, CMOS oscillators would not exist today.”

“This hybrid circuit is a critical advance in developing intelligent machines.”

An expected outcome of Prof. Jarrahi’s research will be increased physical perspective for utilizing unique functionalities of nanoelectronic and nanophotonic devices.

The work advances the scientific understanding of laser cooling technologies currently being pursued to explore the boundary between classical and quantum physics.

The proposed emitter incorporates plasmonic photoconductors to more efficiently convert power from incident laser light into terahertz radiation.

Crossbar is developing a new nonvolatile memory technology that will offer unprecedented density and power improvements in tomorrow’s electronics.

Fessler’s students have praised the collegial and collaborative environment of his lab, his careful balancing of freedom and guidance, and his attention to each student.

The primary advance shown in this research as compared to earlier work is the successful use of a 3-D potential force field.

Max will be employed by KPCB portfolio company One Kings Lane, where he will develop his technical skills and be mentored by an engineering executive.

The Microwave Career Award is very prestigious, and recognizes “a career of meritorious achievement and outstanding technical contribution.”

Congratulations to these outstanding faculty members!

“I wanted to give back. If it wasn’t for Michigan I wouldn’t be where I am today.”

“We’re excited to be adding Veo to the measures we already have in place to ensure that we get diagnostic images using the lowest amount of radiation possible.”

The two winning teams designed an energy harvesting circuit for implantable devices and sensor networks, and a high efficiency audio amplifier for mobile applications.

Prof. Nadakuditi plans to provide an analytical characterization of the fundamental limits of multi-modal sensing of weak signals.

Congratulations to these amazing faculty members!

Nadakuditi’s research has applications in biomedical signal processing, wireless communications, geophysical signal processing, array processing, and finance.